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Are you an iOS or Android person? Here’s how the global battle shapes up.

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, iOS

Yes, the iPhone gets most of the hype but Android rules the planet. This is easy to explain. While iOS

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 7, 2018

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K, Android, Aretha Franklin, Bono, Diddy, El Chapo, International Space Station, iPhone, Mac Miller, Michael Jackson, MP3 player, Muse, Prince, Roy Clark, Tim Berners-Lee, VR

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became the

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Got an Android Phone with Google Assistant? Try This Cool Music Feature

November 7, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, Google Assistant, Shazam

If you have an Android phone running the latest version, here’s a trick that should work on many phones. If

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Random Music News for Thursday, September 21, 2017

September 21, 2017September 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, Apple Music, Apple Watch, David Bowie, David Lynch, Global Citizen Festival, iPhone, John Lennon, New Order, Peter Hook, Twin Peaks, Yoko Ono

It’s still summer. Tomorrow, though… Here’s some music news for September 21. This weekend’s Global Citizen Festival in New York

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Random Music News for Wednesday, August 23, 2017

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, Beyonce, Billy Joel, Billy McFarland, Boxby, Donald Trump, Fyre Festival, Jay Z, Mariah Carey, Morrissey, R. Kelly, Rihanna, Scooter Braun, Spotify, Taylor Swift, V-Festival

You’re reading this because on this day in 1991, a new thing called The World Wide Web was opened to

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Random Music News for Thursday, August 10, 2017

August 10, 2017August 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Android, Apple, Bill Murray, Bracepot, Chester Bennington, David Crosby, Detroit, Groundhog Day, iOS, Killers, Lemmy, Liam Gallagher, Motorhead, Roland, Techno, Todd Haynes, TR-808, Velvet Underground, Weeknd

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

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Random Music News for Tuesday, May 9, 2017

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Perfect Circle, AFL, Amazons, Android, Cavemen, Donald Trump, earworms, Ecstasy, Fyre Festival, Gorillaz, Grammy Museum, Harry Styles, Live Streaming, Michael Jackson, Music News, Neil Diamond, Roger Waters, Streaming, Sweet Caroline, Tool, Warner, X

It was on this day that The Pill was approved for use in the US. That didn’t change society much,

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Random Music News for Friday, April 14, 2017

April 14, 2017April 13, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, Apple Watch, Beatles, Burger King, David Bowie, Drake, Friends, Google Home, Insane Clown Posse, Instagram, James Blunt, Justin Bieber, Morrissey, Musical, North Korea, Ringo Starr, Scott Stapp, Scott Weil, Spotify, Tragically Hip, VR

Unless my calculations are off, the last time Good Friday fell on April 14 was 1933. And now in music

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Holy Crap! Wikileaks Says That the CIA Knows How to Hack Our Phones, TVs and More

March 7, 2017March 8, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, CIA, iOS, Malware, Samsung, WhatsApp, WikiLeaks, Zero Exploits

There was another huge dump of documents–8,761, to be exact–by Wikileaks today under the name “Vault,” all purported to be

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Random Music News for Friday, September 2, 2016

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Android, Anthony Mason, Australia, Cambodia, Eddie Vedder, Freddie Mercury, Groupon, iOS, iPhone, Japan, National Music Centre, NMC, Pink Floyd, Prince, Queen, Twin Peaks

On this day in 1970, NASA announced that after a few more flights, there would be no more trips to

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